Riding 1,000km from St Kilda to Adelaide, to raise funds for the Leukaemia and Unicorn Foundations.

In April as part of the Ride As One team, Gavin Fathers, a member of the ADVAM team, will ride more than 1,000km’s from St Kilda, Victoria before undertaking the famous Great Ocean Road on the way into Mt Gambier and home via The Coorong raising money for the Leukaemia Foundation.

ADVAM is supporting this challenge and helping Gavin to raise much needed funds for his two chosen charities.

Ride as One South Australia aims to raise $250,000 to support families when they need it most, providing people with leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma with a free home-away-from-home near a hospital during their treatment. It will also mean the Leukaemia Foundation can transport patients to appointments and provide as much practical assistance and emotional support as they can, all free of charge. The money will also go towards research, which is needed to discover kinder and more effective treatments for blood cancer.

As well as supporting the Leukaemia Foundation,Gavin have also decided to raise money for the Unicorn Foundation, raising awareness and funds in support of his father who was diagnosed with NETs in April 2015.

The Unicorn Foundation is the only Australian not-for-profit medical charity focused on neuroendocrine tumours (NET).